Photos: Rescuers scramble to save passengers as Hong Kong ferry sinks

Vincent Yu, AP10.01.2012

A survivor supported by rescuers, is taken onto shore after a collision involving two vessels in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a boat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died. The government said in a statement that the ferry was carrying about 120 people when the accident happened Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. Few other details were given.

Vincent Yu
/ AP

Medical personnel transfer a victim from an ambulance at a hospital after at least 30 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and another commercial vessel off Hong Kong on October 1, 2012. More than 30 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and a tug boat which threw scores of people into the sea off Hong Kong, police said. The government said around 120 people were on board the vessels, of whom 101 had been rescued.ANTONY DICKSON
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Rescuers check on a half submerged boat after it collided Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a tugboat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died.Kin Cheung
/ AP

A young survivor is carried by a rescuer, and taken onto shore after a collision involving two vessels, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a boat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died. The government said in a statement that the ferry was carrying about 120 people when the accident happened Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. Few other details were given.Vincent Yu
/ AP

Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (2nd L) pays a visit to a hospital after at least 30 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and another commercial vessel off Hong Kong on October 1, 2012. More than 30 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and a tug boat which threw scores of people into the sea off Hong Kong, police said. The government said around 120 people were on board the vessels, of whom 101 had been rescued.ANTONY DICKSON
/ AFP/Getty Images

Rescuers check on a half submerged boat after it collided Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a tugboat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died.Kin Cheung
/ AP

A victim (C) is carried ashore by rescue personnel after at least 20 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and another commercial vessel off Hong Kong on October 1, 2012. Search and rescue operations were underway for around 80 other people who were involved in the accident near Lamma Island, a police spokesman said.RICHARD A. BROOKS
/ AFP/Getty Images

A young survivor carried by rescuers, is taken onto shore after a collision involving two vessels in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a boat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died. The government said in a statement that the ferry was carrying about 120 people when the accident happened Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. Few other details were given.Vincent Yu
/ AP

Medical personnel transfer a victim from an ambulance at a hospital after at least 30 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and another commercial vessel off Hong Kong on October 1, 2012. More than 30 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and a tug boat which threw scores of people into the sea off Hong Kong, police said. The government said around 120 people were on board the vessels, of whom 101 had been rescued.ANTONY DICKSON
/ AFP/Getty Images

Medical personnel transfer a victim from an ambulance at a hospital after at least 30 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and another commercial vessel off Hong Kong on October 1, 2012. More than 30 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and a tug boat which threw scores of people into the sea off Hong Kong, police said. The government said around 120 people were on board the vessels, of whom 101 had been rescued.ANTONY DICKSON
/ AFP/Getty Images

Medical personnel transfer a victim from an ambulance at a hospital after at least 30 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and another commercial vessel off Hong Kong on October 1, 2012. More than 30 people were injured in a collision between a ferry and a tug boat which threw scores of people into the sea off Hong Kong, police said. The government said around 120 people were on board the vessels, of whom 101 had been rescued.ANTONY DICKSON
/ AFP/Getty Images

Rescuers check on a half submerged boat after it collided Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a tugboat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died.Kin Cheung
/ AP

A survivor carried by rescuers, is taken onto shore after a collision involving two vessels in Hong Kong Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Authorities in Hong Kong have rescued 101 people after a ferry collided with a boat and sank. A local broadcaster says eight people died. The government said in a statement that the ferry was carrying about 120 people when the accident happened Monday night near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island. Few other details were given.Vincent Yu
/ AP

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